On Nov 27, 2007 8:59 AM, <joshua.zelinsky(a)yale.edu> wrote:
Now, there are a variety of other techniques that can
be used to find banned
users and taken together with those they are often effective. However, we
shouldn't simply use evidence prior experience with Wikipedia as a good reason
to assume someone is a banned returning user.
Indeed. The correct behavior is probably to email the user privately
about your concerns and give them a chance to address them. If that
doesn't work, getting a mutually trusted third party to act as an
intermediary might be a good idea.
-Matt